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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1975
Page
3
Legislative leaders recommend enacting a 619000 excise tax exemption to aid Maine Central Railroad with boxcar improvements. Gov Longley will decide whether to sign or veto the one year measure set for final session days. The exemption would apply to 1974.
A 24 year old man Arthur A Moore of West Peru died after apparently falling from a ledge into Concord Pond on an island in Woodstock Oxford County. An autopsy was ordered by a medical examiner. In Washington Senators Muskie and Hathaway urged restoring 800000 for fisheries hut funds cut from the 1976 budget proposal.
Maine potato shortages pushed up the monthly marketbasket in most areas as high potato costs coincided with gains in eggs meat and several other items. In Bangor Lewiston and Kittery prices climbed while Portland saw a drop with sugar and some items easing.
State Sen Bennett D Katz will open the Education Commission of the States conference on July 6 at Bowdoin College in Brunswick Maine He chairs the task force on Responsible Decisions about Alcohol Katz will brief findings and recommendations from the three day meeting with a Dallas August session to shape a final task force report
Portland Casco Bay Lines requests a 12.68 percent rate increase before the Public Utilities Commission. Chairman Peter Bradford hopes a ruling by month end with briefs due July 14 after a three day hearing. CBS vice president Peter McLaughlin faced questions on firm spending.
Connecticut’s largest strike in years shuts down General Dynamics Electric Boat division for 10,000 Metal Trades workers after talks fail. About 17,500 idled firmwide, as union seeks 89 cent hourly raise and cost of living clause. company offers 33 cent rise and opposes COL. Pickets form after midnight contract expiry.
OLD ORCHARD BEACH a town council approved fireworks show by Blue Hill Fireworks Co of Hallowell will light the West Surf Street beach at 10 if weather allows. The display is funded by local merchants with executive secretary David Despres noting ongoing company operations during negotiations.
The House elections subcommittee prepares to review 3916 disputed Maine ballots in a contest between Kyros and Emery after checks on ballot placement and mark alignment. Key questions include whether ballots marked on the left should count and how to resolve 14 types of challenges. The process aims for a smoother resolution than the New Hampshire Senate dispute.
Scheel Yacht, a luxury yacht builder in Rockland Maine, owes more than 100 creditors about 412000. The firm received bankruptcy status allowing continued operations while a repayment plan is prepared, with a July 10 hearing to assess its finances and prospects.
The Weston Observatory director says Pacific Ocean floor is moving toward the Northwest at about three inches annually and may trigger new quakes near the Pacific Northwest. He links this to potential volcanic activity at Mount Baker and Mount St Helens and notes meltwater and steam vents increasing at Baker.
The New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled employers may require different hair lengths for men and women without sex discrimination. The decision involved Pierre Planchet, a former security guard fired in 1972 for hair length at the New Hampshire State Hospital and his prior removal as a Concord deputy.
The Saco zoning board of appeals granted a variance allowing a two car garage 10 feet from the left property line for George D. Stratchko on Windy Point Lane and approved an exception to build a storage structure for Raymond Janson of Janson Enterprises at 9 Burrow Street.
A predawn fire swept the Great Northern Paper Co wood chip mill in Portage Maine destroying the plant with 50 to 60 workers present. No injuries were reported and the cause is unknown. The blaze followed a similar mill fire in Kee gan two days earlier.
In Newport Rhode Island a helicopter on a routine training mission crashed after its main rotor struck an antenna on the destroyer USS Aylwin six miles south of Newport killing Lt Cmdr Harold Guinn and Petty Officer 2C Lawrence W Kamas. Two other crewmen were rescued and a five man inquiry continues.
Two of twenty Cambodian naval officers who completed an 18 week course at Newport Rhode Island training center plan to depart for Camp Pendleton California. They await repatriation to Cambodia while the rest consider returning later or settling in the United States temporarily.
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